Studies and work

The plan requires a humane sickness insurance, that more people are covered by the insurances and that whoever lives with a disability can rely on the support without the right to participate in society being constantly questioned and made difficult. Letting benefits rest during studies and facilitating work and assignments during periods with activity or sickness benefits aligns with this. The concrete rules are not addressed in the plan.

• humane sickness insurancedecisive»Vänsterpartiet vill se en mänsklig sjukförsäkring och ett slut på utförsäkrandet av sjuka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to see a humane sickness insurance and an end to exclusion of the sick.”
• right to participate in society»På samma sätt ska du som lever med funktionsnedsättning kunna lita på att du får det stöd du behöver, och på att din rätt att delta i samhället på det sätt du vill inte ständigt ifrågasätts och försvåras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the same way, you who live with a disability must be able to rely on that you will get the support you need, and that your right to participate in society in the way you want is not constantly questioned and made difficult.”
• more people to be covered»Att stärka framför allt arbetslöshets- och sjukförsäkringarna, så att fler kan omfattas och fler får ut mer av sin tidigare« (party programme ↗)“To strengthen in particular unemployment and sickness insurance, so that more can be covered and more benefit from their earlier”
• easier to study»Det måste bli lättare att utbilda sig efter grundskolan oavsett vem du är, tjockleken på din plånbok eller var i landet du bor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become easier to study after primary school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet, or where in the country you live.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan explicitly states that work to improve sickness benefit should be continued and that people with disabilities should be able to live their lives like others, with more individually designed initiatives for work or education. The counter-proposal's demand to facilitate work and studies during periods with activity or sickness benefit is precisely this. The party programme also requires insurance systems adapted to shifts between studies and work.

• improved sickness benefitdecisive»Vi ska säkra rätten till personlig assistans och arbeta vidare med förslagen om att förbättra sjukersättningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall secure the right to personal assistance and continue work on proposals to improve sickness benefit.”
• individual initiatives for work»Vi vill se mer individuellt utformade insatser för att skapa jobb eller utbildning för personer med funktionsnedsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see more individually designed initiatives to create work or education for people with disabilities.”
• adapted insurance systems»Försäkringssystemen måste avpassas för en arbetsmarknad, där allt fler skiftar mellan studier och förvärvsarbete och där många kombinerar anställning med eget företagande.« (party programme ↗)“Insurance systems must be adapted for a labour market where more and more shift between studies and paid work and where many combine employment with own business.”
• participation regardless of functional capacity»Vi socialdemokrater vill att alla ska ha lika förutsättningar och lika möjlighet till delaktighet i samhällslivet.« (party programme ↗)“We social democrats want all to have equal conditions and equal opportunity for participation in society.”

The plan wants the sickness insurance to provide better security and for people not to be passed between agencies, and the party programme establishes that society shall actively support the individual's opportunities for work through rehabilitation and education in a broad insurance with low thresholds. To facilitate work and studies during periods of activity or sickness allowance therefore aligns with the plan.

• active support for work and studiesdecisive»genom åtgärder för rehabilitering och utbildning.« (party programme ↗)“through measures for rehabilitation and education.”
• no one passed between agencies»förändra sjukförsäkringen så den ger bättre trygghet vid sjukskrivning och se till att människor inte bollas mellan myndigheter när de behöver samhällets stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“change sickness insurance so it provides better security during sick leave and ensure that people are not passed between agencies when they need society's support.”
• broad insurance with low thresholds»Försäkringen ska vara bred, ha låga trösklar för« (party programme ↗)“The insurance shall be broad, have low thresholds for”
• raised benefit levels»höja den lägsta nivån i sjuk- och aktivitetsersättningarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise the lowest level in sickness and activity benefits.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires safety nets that stimulate work and personal provision and that do not create benefit traps or thresholds. Making it easier to work and study during activity or sickness benefits is exactly such a threshold reduction. The election manifesto furthermore wants to make sick leave more flexible and improve rehabilitation, while valuing the work line.

• security that stimulates workdecisive»vara utformad så att ingen faller igenom samtidigt som den stimulerar till arbete och egen försörjning« (party programme ↗)“be designed so that no one falls through while it stimulates work and personal provision”
• no benefit traps»Samtidigt får inte bidragsfällor och trösklar göra det olönsamt att återgå« (party programme ↗)“At the same time, benefit traps and thresholds must not make return impossible”
• more flexible sick leave»Vi vill förbättra rehabiliteringen och göra sjukskrivningen mer flexibel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to improve rehabilitation and make sick leave more flexible.”
• valued work line»Arbetslinjen måste värnas, och den som kan jobba ska inte leva på skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The work line must be valued, and those who can work should not live on taxpayers' money.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires that someone who after long-term sick leave tries to work shall be able to do so and then return to insurance, and that social insurance be adapted to among other things students' situation. To continue driving forward the proposals about facilitating work and studies during time on activity or sick-leave benefits follows directly from this and from work always being worthwhile. The plan also makes it a principal task to open the labour market for people with disabilities.

• safe work trialsdecisive»arbeta ska kunna göra detta och sedan om så krävs återgå till sjukförsäkringen.« (party programme ↗)“work shall be able to do this and then if needed return to sick insurance.”
• employment for people with disabilities»En av samhällets största orättvisor är svårigheten för personer med funktionsnedsättning att hitta egen« (party programme ↗)“One of society's greatest injustices is the difficulty people with disabilities face in finding their own”
• adapted social insurance»Socialförsäkringarna ska anpassas till studerandes och företagares situation.« (party programme ↗)“Social insurance shall be adapted to students' and entrepreneurs' situation.”
• the work line»Det ska alltid löna sig att arbeta.« (party programme ↗)“It shall always be worthwhile to work.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that benefit levels be designed so that individuals are incentivised to participate in measures leading to return to work, which carries the requirement that work and study be facilitated during periods of activity or sickness benefits. The plan also wants there to be good opportunities to work less during certain phases of life and is in the election manifesto prepared to lower the barriers for those who want to work. At the same time, security during illness should be reasonable, which argues against the person trying work losing their protection.

• incentivise return to workdecisive»Nivåerna på ersättningarna ska utformas så att den enskilde stimuleras att delta i åtgärder« (party programme ↗)“Benefit levels shall be designed so that the individual is incentivised to participate in measures”
• flexible work in life stages»ska det finnas goda möjligheter att arbeta lite mindre« (party programme ↗)“there should be good opportunities to work a bit less”
• lower barriers to work»Skattelättnad för äldre (69+) som vill och kan fortsätta arbeta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax relief for older people (69+) who want and can continue working.”
• reasonable security during illness»en rimlig trygghet vid sjukdom, arbetslöshet, arbetsskada och pension.« (party programme ↗)“reasonable security during illness, unemployment, workplace injury and pension.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan is based on it paying off to go from benefits to work and wants to lower thresholds into the labour market, including with job premium and 30,000 new internship places. Facilitating work, studies and rehabilitation during periods with activity or sickness allowance makes use of available work capacity and thereby strengthens the work line. The plan does not, however, support making the allowances themselves easier to get.

• worthwhile to go to workdecisive»Införa en jobbpremie som gör det extra lönsamt för långtidsarbetslösa att gå från bidrag till arbete« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a job premium that makes it extra worthwhile for the long-term unemployed to go from benefits to work”
• paths back to work»Bygga ut antalet praktikplatser med 30 000« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand the number of internship places by 30,000”
• work line guides systems»Skatter och bidragssystem ska utgå från arbetslinjen.« (party programme ↗)“Taxes and benefit systems shall be based on the work line.”
• benefits must not undercut work»De samlade bidragen ska aldrig bli så höga att det inte lönar sig att jobba.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Total benefits shall never become so high that it does not pay to work.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to strengthen the possibility for persons with reduced work capacity to participate in working life based on individual circumstances and requires increased flexibility and individualisation in decisions. To make it easier to work and study while receiving activity or sickness compensation and to improve benefits in rehabilitation follows directly from that, as does the requirement for a better coordinated system so that individuals do not end up in the lurch. The committee's reasons for the preparation to be awaited are not addressed.

• participation with reduced work capacitydecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill stärka möjligheten för personer med nedsatt arbetsförmåga att delta i arbetslivet och i sysselsättning utifrån individuella förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to strengthen the possibility for persons with reduced work capacity to participate in working life and in employment based on individual circumstances.”
• individualised decisions»Öka flexibiliteten och individanpassningen i beslutsfattandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase flexibility and individualisation in decision-making”
• investment in rehabilitation»Se ökat fokus och mer resurser på förebyggande arbete samt rehabilitering« (2022 manifesto ↗)“See increased focus and more resources on preventive work and rehabilitation”
• coordinated authorities»Sverigedemokraterna vill också verka för ett mer samordnat system mellan berörda myndigheter för att enskilda inte ska komma i kläm.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats also want to work for a better coordinated system between relevant authorities so that individuals do not end up in the lurch.”

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